Cavitary lung disease: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:49, 18 August 2020

Differential Diagnosis

Infection
- Bacterial (lung abscess)
  - Anaerobes or mixed
  - Staphylococcus aureus
  - Klebsiella pneumoniae
  - Enterobacteriaceae
  - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  - Legionella, Haemophilus influenzae type B
  - Nocardia
  - Actinomyces
  - Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
- Mycobacterial
  - Tuberculosis
  - Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
    - Mycobacterium avium complex
    - Mycobacterium kansasii
- Fungal
- Parasitic
  - Entamoeba histolytica
  - Paragonimus westermani
  - Echinococcus and Pneumocystis (cysts)
- Post-pneumonia pneumatocele
- Septic pulmonary embolism
- Lemierre syndrome
Malignancy
- Primary bronchogenic carcinoma, especially squamous cell
- Cavitating lung metastasis
Inflammatory disease
Vascular
- Pulmonary infarction
Trauma
- Traumatic pneumatocele
- Foreign body aspiration
Congenital

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-== Differential Diagnosis ==
+==Differential Diagnosis==
-* Infection
+*Infection
-** Bacterial
+**Bacterial ([[lung abscess]])
-*** Anaerobic or mixed
+***[[Anaerobes]] or mixed
-*** ''Staph. aureus''*
+***[[Staphylococcus aureus]]
-*** *''Klebsiella pneumoniae''
+***[[Klebsiella pneumoniae]]
+***[[Enterobacteriaceae]]
-*** Enterobacteracieae
-*** ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa''
+***[[Pseudomonas aeruginosa]]
-*** ''Legionella'', ''Haemophilus influenzae'' type B
+***[[Legionella]], [[Haemophilus influenzae|Haemophilus influenzae type B]]
-*** ''Nocardia''
+***[[Nocardia]]
-*** ''Actinomyces''
+***[[Actinomyces]]
+***[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
-*** Melioidosis (''Burkholderia pseudomallei'')
-** Mycobacterial
+**Mycobacterial
-*** Tuberculosis
+***[[Tuberculosis]]
-*** Nontuberculous mycobacteria
+***[[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]]
-**** ''M. avium'' complex
+****[[Mycobacterium avium complex|''Mycobacterium avium'' complex]]
-**** ''M. kansasii''
+****''[[Mycobacterium kansasii]]''
-** Fungi
+**Fungal
-*** Aspergillus
+***[[Aspergillus]]
-*** Coccidioides
+***[[Coccidioides]]
-*** Histoplasma
+***[[Histoplasma]]
-*** Blastomyces dermatitidis
+***[[Blastomyces dermatitidis]]
-*** Cryptococcus
+***[[Cryptococcus]]
-*** Mucormycosis
+***[[Mucormycosis]]
-*** Pneumocystis jirovecii
+***[[Pneumocystis jirovecii]]
+**Parasitic
-** Parasites
-*** ''Entamoeba histolytica''
+***[[Entamoeba histolytica]]
-*** ''Paragonimus westermani''
+***[[Paragonimus westermani]]
-*** ''Echinococcus'' and ''Pneumocystis'' (cysts)
+***[[Echinococcus]] and [[Pneumocystis]] (cysts)
-** Post-pneumonia pneumatocele
+**[[Post-pneumonia pneumatocele]]
-** Septic pulmonary embolism
+**[[Septic pulmonary embolism]]
-** Lemierre syndrome
+**[[Lemierre syndrome]]
-* Malignancy
+*Malignancy
-** Primary bronchogenic carcinoma, especially squamous cell
+**[[Primary bronchogenic carcinoma]], especially squamous cell
-** Cavitating lung metastasis
+**Cavitating [[lung metastasis]]
-*** Squamous cell carcinoma
+***[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]
-*** Adenocarcinoma
+***[[Adenocarcinoma]]
-*** Sarcoma
+***[[Sarcoma]]
-* Inflammatory disease
+*Inflammatory disease
-** Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
+**[[Granulomatosis with polyangiitis]]
-** Rheumatoid nodules
+**[[Rheumatoid nodules]]
-** Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
+**[[Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia]]
-** Sarcoidosis
+**[[Sarcoidosis]]
-** Pulmonary Langerhans histiocytosis
+**Pulmonary [[Langerhans histiocytosis]]
-* Vascular
+*Vascular
-** Pulmonary infarction
+**[[Pulmonary infarction]]
-* Trauma
+*Trauma
-** Traumatic pneumatocele
+**[[Traumatic pneumatocele]]
-** Foreign body aspiration
+**[[Foreign body aspiration]]
-* Congenital
+*Congenital
-** Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
+**[[Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation]] (CCAM)
-** Pulmonary sequestration
+**[[Pulmonary sequestration]]
-** Bronchogenic cyst
+**[[Bronchogenic cyst]]
 [[Category:Respirology]]
+[[Category:Oncology]]
+[[Category:Infectious diseases]]
+[[Category:Respiratory infections]]